Abstract
M.Ed. (Media Science)
The influence of technology on our everyday lives and
the increasing control that technology exerts over nature
and people make mandatory the competencies of our society
to evaluate and make- decisions about new technological
discoveries.
In this regard it is of importance to keep in mind what
Toffler (1970:428) attempts to put in its right perspective
by saying:
"We cannot and must not turn off the switch of
technological progress. Only romantic fools babble about
returning to a state of nature. A state of nature is
one in which infants shrivel and die for lack of elementary
medical care, in which, as Hobbes reminded us, the typical
life is poor, nasty, brutish and short. To turn our
back on technology would be not only stupid but immoral."...